'NameError: uninitialized constant <MyEntity>' in console

Rails
1

When I create a new model entity, and try to access it from the Rails
console I get the error:

b = Bar.new(:name => ‘Some Bar’)
NameError: uninitialized constant Bar
from (irb):1
from :0

(My model class is called Bar, and is in file app/models/bar.rb)

So, I try to load the model class file, and I run into a more frigtening
error:

load ‘app/models/bar.rb’
NameError: uninitialized constant ActiveRecord
from ./app/models/bar.rb:1
from (irb):3
from :0

I am using Rails 1.1.2 with Ruby 1.8.4 on Mac OS X 10.4 and MySQL
4.1.18. I get these errors only when I use the Rails console; the model
classes are accessible from the controller and the web pages are painted
properly.

Kindly let me know what is going wrong here.

Thanks,
Binil

2

Removing the line:
IRB.conf[:LOAD_MODULES] = [‘irb/completion’]
from my $HOME/.irbrc worked!

Thanks,
Binil

Binil Thomas wrote:

When I create a new model entity, and try to access it from the Rails
console I get the error:

b = Bar.new(:name => ‘Some Bar’)
NameError: uninitialized constant Bar
from (irb):1
from :0

3

How are you starting up the Rails console?

4

Pete Y. wrote:

How are you starting up the Rails console?
By invoking script/console from the application directory.